Curated AI News from Japan · 2026-11-14
20 of 209 Japanese-language candidates. Sources are a hand-picked whitelist, the ordering comes from model scoring, and the bar is whether it is useful to someone building AI in Japan — each entry says why we picked it. Most of this exists only in Japanese and never surfaces in English-language feeds.
Cognitech.DEV、設備保全AI「HOZEN」の共同実証先5社を募集 フィジカルAIへの3段階ロードマップを発表
Manufacturing AI developer Cognitech.DEV was selected for Okayama Prefecture’s startup support initiative, the HARE-RISE Project.
Why choose itA Japanese equipment-maintenance AI initiative is seeking five pilot partners, offering manufacturing teams a chance to test it in practice.
Athena、ローカルLLMで会議の文字起こしから議事録作成までを自社環境の中で完結させる「Athena Minutes」を提供開始
Publisher: 株式会社Athena Technologies.
Why choose itA locally run LLM meeting tool is now available, giving enterprise teams an option to assess against privacy and compliance requirements.
プリペアード 評判が高いAI通話録音・自動要約サービス「RecACE plus」、カスハラ対応にも活用できるモデルケース企業を大阪府で初募集
The supplied summary contains only the company attribution, 株式会社プリペアード, and an image link.
Why choose itAn AI calling service is recruiting pilot companies in Osaka, offering a way to validate customer-service use cases.
弥生、AIとの会話内容が流出した可能性 Notionの委託先に不正アクセス
Accounting software company 弥生 said on November 12 that employee inputs to its internal Notion AI and some AI responses may have been leaked externally.
Why choose itA Japanese company's disclosure of AI data-leakage risks is a prompt to review vendor and subcontractor chains, along with rules for AI inputs.
「AI処理、データ非保持が守られず」――Notionが委託先の問題指摘、漏えいの恐れ巡り
Notion Labs said a suspected leak of Notion AI chat records may also have affected business-plan users who enabled zero data retention (ZDR).
Why choose itA failure to uphold enterprise AI data-retention commitments highlights the need to audit sensitive-data handling and vendor risk.
フロンティアAI時代の通信事業におけるデータの保護・セキュリティの在り方に関する検討会（第2回）
Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications lists the second meeting of its study group on data protection and security in telecommunications in the frontier AI era.
Why choose itJapan's communications ministry is discussing protections for communications data in the AI era—a useful signal of where local compliance requirements may head.
monoAI technology、フィジカルAI子会社『monoAI Robotics株式会社』が「現場で即働けるロボットを提供」【即ロボ】法人様モニターを募集開始
Announcement from monoAI technology株式会社.
Why choose itA robot trial program is recruiting business users, offering a chance to validate requirements for real-world deployment in Japan.
【事前案内】アドレス・ベース・レジストリシステム更改における 町字データのCSVフォーマット変更について掲載しました
Why choose itAn upcoming change to the address-data CSV format warrants a compatibility check for any pipelines that depend on it.
担当者ひとりで、HubSpotサイトをまるごとリニューアル。「Kizuna Sites for HubSpot」11月13日提供開始
株式会社マーケティングアカデミア will launch Kizuna Sites for HubSpot on November 13, 2026. The service enables users to create and update HubSpot websites through conversations with generative AI.
Why choose itA Japanese company's conversational website builder is worth evaluating for HubSpot projects.
オーティファイ、AIソフトウェア品質エンジニアリングプラットフォーム「Autify」と導入支援サービス「Autify Pro Service」をAWS Marketplaceで提供開始
Autify provides AI-powered support across the QA workflow, from test design to execution. The company is headquartered in Chuo, Tokyo, and led by CEO Ryo Chikazawa.
Why choose itA Japanese AI testing platform is now on AWS Marketplace, potentially simplifying procurement and integration.
「専門商社向けAIエージェント」を提供開始
SCSK launches an AI agent supporting sales, quotations, supply-demand and delivery coordination, and customer and supplier communications for specialized trading companies and wholesalers.
Why choose itA new AI agent for Japanese trading-company workflows is worth assessing as a purchase, partnership opportunity or competitive benchmark.
Rimo、音声からAIでブログ記事を作成・公開できるブログ機能を提供開始
Rimo announces the launch of its blog feature.
Why choose itNew features in a Japanese AI product offer a chance to test its fit within content-production workflows.
ABC株式会社、NVIDIA DGX Sparkを用いたLLMの実機検証サービスを開始
ABC株式会社, headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi, is launching a service for LLM benchmarking and operational validation using NVIDIA DGX Spark. Testing is conducted under customer-specified conditions.
Why choose itA Japanese company's new LLM testing service lets teams commission on-hardware evaluations to inform deployment choices.
朝日新聞社がAI企業によるコンテンツ利用の条件整備をめざす国際メディア連合「SPUR」に加盟
株式会社朝日新聞社 has joined SPUR as a general member. The international media coalition works to establish global standards for AI companies' use of news articles and other content.
Why choose itTeams collecting news content or using it for training should review these licensing rules for Japanese news.
【人事・採用向け】応募者への電話連絡をAIが自動化。AI電話サービス「AIコール」が導入支援を開始 | 初期費用や月額基本料0円で利用できる
株式会社ブロックチェーン総合研究所 describes AIコール, its AI phone service for automating tasks including answering calls and outbound sales calls.
Why choose itA company's announcement of implementation support for recruitment-call AI offers a lead for trials and competitive benchmarking.
Maison AI、Slack・HubSpotとの連携に対応
AuthenticAI; image link provided.
Why choose itNew business-tool integrations in a Japanese AI product are worth checking for compatibility with existing workflows.
改正労働施策総合推進法の施行に伴い、企業のカスハラ対策支援を本格強化！「AI電話対応さくらさん」によるカスハラ防止体制構築の提供を開始
株式会社ティファナ・ドットコム is offering customer harassment prevention features through AI電話対応さくらさん to help companies establish new systems following enforcement of the revised Act on Comprehensive Promotion of Labor Policies.
Why choose itA Japanese customer-service AI product has added an anti-harassment service, offering a reference point for compliance needs and product positioning.
JR九州の非IT部門がGeminiでPythonアプリを内製開発 2?3カ月で完成させた方法
JR九州 adopted Google Workspace with Gemini to enable non-engineers to develop business applications in-house. The article explores motivations beyond addressing IT talent shortages and dependence on external vendors.
Why choose itThis Japanese in-house development case offers practical lessons for designing AI-building workflows for nontechnical teams.
マイクロソフト社の障害によりメール不着等となる事象について
Why choose itJapan's Digital Agency has reported an email outage; teams contacting it should verify delivery or use another channel.
「AIロボット・フィジカルAIを見据えたマルチモーダル基盤モデル開発事業」（FRONTiaプロジェクト）ガバニングボード
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry: governing board for the multimodal foundation model development initiative for AI robotics and physical AI, known as the FRONTia Project.
Why choose itJapan's economy ministry has published governance information for a physical AI project, offering a signal of R&D policy direction.